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A list - 210 to 221

(201) ARMADA - A LARGE FLEET, GROUP OF SHIPS.



(202) ARRAIGN - INDICTMENT, ACCUSED.
(Eg) Bob was arraigned and sentenced to jail.

(203) ARRAY - AN ORDERLY ARRANGEMENT.
(Eg) The chip contained arrays of pins arranged horizontally and vertically.


(204) ARROYO - A STEAM OR BROOK FORMED BY RAIN WATER.



(205) ARSENAL - A PLACE WHERE MILITARY EQUIPMENTS ARE STORED.
(Eg) The army stored all their weapons in the military arsenal.



(206) ARTERY - BLOOD CARRYING VEIN OR BLOOD VESSEL.
(207) ARTIFACTS - A MAN MADE OBJECT.
(Eg) The museum displayed artifacts belonging to the early civilization.


(208) ARTISAN - A MANUALLY SKILLED WORKER.


(209) ARTLESS - OPEN AND HONEST, WITHOUT GUILE OR GUILELESS.
(Eg) Jane was happy that her children were artless in admitting that they broke the vase.


(210) ASCENDANCY - CONTROLLING INFLUENCE.
(Eg) Bush is often criticized for trying to extend his ascendancy over other developing countries.


(211) ASCETIC - PRACTICING SELF DENIAL, AVOIDING PLEASURES.
(Eg) Saints and sages are ascetic in nature.


(212) ASCRIBE - ATTRIBUTE.
(Eg) Bill Gates often ascribes the success of Microsoft to hard work.


(213) ASININE - DEVOID OF INTELLIGENCE.
(Eg) The donkey looks asinine.

(214) ASKANCE - LOOK THAT IS DIRECTED TO ONE SIDE AS IN DOUBT OR SUSPICION.
(215) ASKEW - TURNED OR TWISTED TOWARDS ONE SIDE.


(216) ASPERITY - SHARPNESS.
(Eg) The photographer used cutting edge technology to increase the asperity of the photographs.


(217) ASSAY - ANALYZE, EVALUATE, ANALYSIS.


(218) ASSIDUOUS - DILIGENT, HARDWORKING, MARKED BY CARE AND PERSISTENT EFFORT.
(Eg) Sara is assiduous is her exam preparations and hence manages to rank first every time.

(219) ASSUAGE - REDUCE, LESSEN, EASE OUT.
(Eg) The bush administration is trying to assuage the hostility between President Musharraf and Nawaz Sheriff in Pakistan.




(220) ASTIGMATISM - AN EYE DEFECT WHICH PREVENTS PROPER FOCUS.
(221) ASTRINGENT - HARD OR SEVERE.
(Eg) Bush administration came under astringent criticism for not doing enough to reduce pollution.

A list - 190 to 200

(190) ARBITER (ARBITRATE / ARBITRATED) - A PERSON CAPABLE OF MAKING A DECISION IN A MATTER OF DISPUTE.


(191) ARBOREAL - LIVING IN TREES.
(Eg) The alligator lizard is an arboreal species of reptiles.





(192) ARBORETUM - PLACE WHERE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES AND PLANTS ARE STUDIED AND EXHIBITED.


(193) ARCADE - A PASSAGEWAY FILLED WITH SHOPS.


(194) ARCANE - SECRETIVE, CLANDESTINE.
(Eg) The da vinci code deals with the investigation of arcane information.





(195) ARCHETYPE - PROTOTYPE, PRIMITIVE
(Eg) The symbol of the 4-sided swastika is an archetype for the rotations of time and conscousness - moving clockwise and counterwise - in upward or downward spirals



(196) ARCHIPELAGO - A GROUP OF CLOSELY LOCATED ISLANDS.


(197) ARCHIVES - COLLECTION OF PUBLIC RECORDS OR A PLACE WHERE PUBLIC RECORDS ARE KEPT.


(198) ARDUOUS - STRENUOUS, HARD WORK.
(Eg) Sara had an arduous day at her office.



(199) ARID - DRY, BARREN LAND.


(200) ARISTOCRACY - PRIVILEGED CLASS, GOVERNMENT RUN BY PEOPLE OF THE PRIVILEGED CLASS.

A list - 170 to 189

(170) APOCALYPTIC - RELATED TO IMPENDING DOOM OR PROPHETIC OF AN APOCALYPSE
(Eg) The artist drew a picture on an apocalyptic theme.


(171) APOCRYPHAL - NOT AUTHENTIC, WIDELY BELIEVED BUT NOT TRUE.
(Eg) Most of the theories about UFO are apocryphal in nature.


(172) APOGEE - FARTHEST POINT
(173) APOPLEXY - LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS DUE TO EXCESSIVE ACCUMULATION OF BLOOD IN THE BRAIN.


(174) APROPOS - WITH REFERENCE TO.
(Eg) Al gore stared in ' the inconvenient truth', the movie apropos to increasing levels of global warming.



(175) APOSTATE - TO TURN AGAINST ONE'S OWN RELIGION.
(Eg) Galileo's theories were initially dismissed and he was treated badly by the church, and he eventually became an apostate.



(176) APOTHECARY - DRUGGIST OR PHARMACIST.


(177) APPALL - DISMAY OR SHOCK.
(Eg) The girl was appalled by the court's decision.


(178) APPARITION - GHOSTLY APPEARING FIGURE.



(179) APPEASE - PACIFY.
(Eg) The sumo wrestlers are trying to appease the crying babies.



(180) APPELLATION - NAMES.


(181) APPEND - ATTACH.
(Eg) The silver string is appended to the blue rope.


(182) APPLICATION - DILIGENT ATTENTION, FOCUSSED WORK.
(Eg) The man is involved in careful application of the insecticide on the roof top to prevent termite infection.


(183) APPRAISE - ESTIMATE THE VALUE OF.
(Eg) The old man is trying to appraise the cost of the jar.


(184) APPREHEND - ARREST.
(Eg) The cops apprehended the crazy driver.


(185) APPREHENSIVE - IN FEAR OF POSSIBLE EVIL OR HARM, DISCERNING.



(186) APPRISE - INFORM
(Eg) The CEO had called the board meeting to apprise the members of the profits.


(187) APPROBATION - APPROVAL.
(188) AQUILINE - SHARP AND CURVED.
(Eg) Meat eating birds have aquiline beaks.



(189) ARABLE - LAND THAT CAN BE CULTIVATED OR LAND SUITABLE FOR AGRICULTURE.